The regulation of female sexuality in film has always been central to defining India's national identity.
In 1954, 13,000 women of Delhi presented a petition to Jawaharlal
It is a tricky, intricately structured dance that the Indian woman does on the screen—one fluid step forward and two lurching steps backward—and one that has remained the
The Pakistani film industry struggles for originality as pirated Indian movies steal the show.
What we today call Bollywood cinema is the common heritage of all those who contributed at
Juhi sulks. Jackson loves Mahatma Gandhi. Jaffrey shoots his mouth. The Bollywood virus hits Gotham.
It was a near-sell-out-delirious crowd that bellowed and jumped on seats at the Bollywood Awards
An eminently watchable movie based on a mediocre novel.
reviewed by Paramjit Rai
Talking to Rehan Ansari in these pages some months back, filmmaker Deepa Mehta noted that making films
Following in the footsteps of Seven Years in Tibet and Kundun, the latest offering for Himalayan buffs is none other than Everest, the movie. This film, however, is one Himalayan
After being disallowed from shooting in India, the filming of Salman Rushdie´s Midnight´s Children has been booted out of Sri Lanka as well. The self-appointed Prevention of Vice
Some other major deficiencies apart, the main problem with the film appears to be in the flawed approach to the subject. It deals neither with the life of the Quaid nor with his work; both are touched upon only episodically in the course of defend ing the Quaids character and politics.
Anand Patwardhan is the best of the investigative, consciousness-raising, activist documentary filmmakers who are making a mark in India today. In fact, it is said, he helped fashion the very
The cinema of the Indian Northeast has been said to be a cinema of underdevelopment. Since the economy of this region is not going anywhere, it is natural to expect
